Political Delegation and School Code Advances Discussed
The piece covers the Reagan era style debate over the U S delegation to a United Nations conference led by figures like Arthur Vandenberg Charles Eaton and Harold Stassen The article also notes the first school code bill passing the senate with support for an appointive state superintendent and deputy and analyzes potential party impact and public control concerns It reflects on attitudes toward foreign policy and domestic education reform and mentions a Philippine border dispute and a Philippine native romance tale in the wartime context
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Vandenberg
Eaton
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Stassen
G.O.P
Senate
School Code Commission
Code Commission
Yanks Seize Cavite Base Near Manila
United States troops captured Cavite naval base southwest of Manila as MacArthur announced the end of the Manila bout. Japanese losses at Luzon exceed 68,090 with American casualties around 9,683. Troops from the 11th Airborne and First Cavalry moved to secure Pasay and Intramuros areas amid heavy fighting and civilian casualties.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Cavite
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Philippines
11Th Airborne Division
Nichols Field
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bataan
Stalingrad
Luzon
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Pasay District
First Cavalry
Nielson Field
Pasig
Intramuros
Byrnes Describes Crimean Talks Aimed at Unity Among Allies
Washington AP James F Byrnes outlined the Crimean conference aims to prevent Russian British rivalry and deter violence in liberated nations. He said the April 25 San Francisco meeting would shape liberated areas and an Atlantic Charter settlement, with Roosevelt guiding as chair and promising broader Allied cooperation.
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Washington
James F Byrnes
Europe
Byrnes
San Francisco
Japan
Roosevelt
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Russia
Hitler
Sen. Wheeler
D-Mont
Churchill
Stalin
Ball
Poland
Lwow
Vilna
Yugoslavia
Germany
Frisco talks hinge on Vandenberg Stassen picks
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt designated four lawmakers to join eight to attend the San Francisco United Nations conference opening April 25. Connally Van denberg Bloom Eaton named. Hull named as senior adviser. Stassen and Gildersleeve named for delegation roles.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Senate
Stettinius
Connally
D-Texas
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bloom
D-N.y
Rep. Eaton
R-N. J
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Allies Press On Across Western Front In Major Push
Allied forces advance along the western front with Canadian First Army reaching near Goch and outflanking to Hasselt and Bedburg while American Third Army pushes into Siegfried Line sectors near Luxembourg. Air power pounds German positions as numbers of prisoners rise and dikes are breached.
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Paris
First Army
Goch
Rhine
Meuse
Hasselt
Bedburg
Henry Crerar
Reichswald
Siegfried Line
Kleve
The
Reich
Calar
Ruhr
Wesel
Third Army
Luxembourg
West Wall
Pruem
Eisenhower
United States
Ernzen
Echternach
Red
Ferschweiler
IRY
Blue Ridge
Fight to Save Baby From Dog Is Futile
In Los Angeles a frantic struggle by a mother and grandfather failed to save 21 month old Marguerite Derdenger from a pet bulldog named Woof. The dog turned on the girl when she struck its back and clamped at her neck. Police said the family fought for minutes to loosen the grip but the child died. The mother asked that Woof be destroyed. The father, Sgt. Charles P. Derdenger, was stationed at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
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Los Angeles
Marguerite Theresa Derdenger
Endecine
Poice
Marguerite
Woof
Charles P. Derdenger
Icamp Barkeley
Texas
Private Weber sent to five years in hard labor
The court martial for Private Henry Weber, who refused to drill at Camp Roberts California, has been reduced from death to five years. The judge advocate general stated the board found the evidence sufficient and the reviewing authority issued the five year confinement with dishonorable discharge and total forfeitures. Weber disobeyed a superior’s command to join his squad for training and had a prior six month confinement for a similar offense.
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Washington
California
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Myron C. Cramer
Pvt
Henry Weber
Camp _ Roberts
Calif
Cramer
Judge Advocate General
Board of Review
War Department
Weber
Army
Navy
Allied Air War Delivers Coordinated Blow on German Targets
More than 2,250 American bombers and 1,400 British night raiders hit Dresden Chemnitz Magdeburg and a Rhine bridge Wesel in a joint Allied strike. Dozens of Fortresses Liberators and Mustang Thunderbolt fighters backed the raids with heavy fire and drone-like precision.
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London
Dresden
Chemnitz
Magdeburg
Berlin
Red Army
Germany
Saxony
Rhine
Wesel
First Army
Yalta
R.A.F
Leipzig
Wehrmacht
W E Day Not in Sight Patterson
Under Secretary of War Patterson told the House Military Affairs Committee that the end of fighting in Europe is not in sight. He urged approval of nurses drafting legislation and cited 400000 American war wounded, with weekly tallies of 13563, 22825, and 16538 for recent weeks.
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Washington
Patterson
Europe
House Military Affairs Committee
Colder Weather Forecast for Iowa Through Thursday Night
Cedar Rapids and vicinity will see partly cloudy mild conditions tonight and Thursday. Lows near 30 degrees. Colder wind increases Thursday night with rain turning to snow. Des Moines forecasts warn of colder weather statewide. Mason City reported a statewide low of 22 degrees while Cedar Rapids saw 48 degrees at 2:30 p.m. with 43 percent humidity.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Chambers
Mason City
Pfc Keith Ottsen Killed in Belgium
Pfc. Keith F. Ottsen 21 was killed in action in Belgium on February 2 while serving as an infantryman in Patton's Third Army. He overseas last October after entering service two years ago and had earned the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. G J Ottsen and two brothers Capt. Kenneth Ottsen serving in Italy and George Maurice Ottsen of Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith F. Ottsen
Belgium
G. J.ottsen
Maplewood Drive
Patton
Third Army
Ottsen
Franklin' School
Pfc
Kenneth Ottsen
Italy
George Maurice Ottsen
Junction Near for 2 Red Armies
Russian forces push toward a junction with Zhukov as Konev breaches the Queis line near Breslau and Neusalz on the Oder. Stalin reports captures at Freystadt Neustadtel and Sorau while Germans fear gaps in lines and mass forces near Berlin. Second and Third Ukrainian armies regroup in Hungary for future offensives toward Vienna Bratislava and Bohemia.
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London
Bres
Lau
Berlin
Sprottau
Wieusalz
Stalin
Moscow
Ivan Konev
Queis River
Dresden
Konev
Gregory Zhukov
Sprotta
Neustadtel
Neusalz
Freystadt
Breslau
Jauer
Goldberg
Streigau
Upper Neisse River
Sorau
Sagan
Bober River
Brandenburg
Volkssturm
Zhukov
Frankfurt - Fuerstenberg
Oder
Reitwein
Kuestrin
Lebus
West Bank
the Oder
Frankfurt
Danzig-Stettin-Berlin
Hungary
Vienna
Bratislava
Bohemia
Budapest
First Loan to G I For Meat Business
The first veteran to receive a G I bill business loan is Jack Breeden of Falls Church Virginia. The $3000 loan, issued by Hamilton National Bank of Washington, is 50 percent guaranteed by the VA. Breeden will buy a refrigerator truck to supply 20 to 25 local butchers in northern Virginia and the Washington area.
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Washington
G.I
Virginia
Washington Area
Chinese victory on Canton route recaptures Pingshek
Chinese forces recaptured Pingshek 165 miles north of Canton and now hold a 16 mile stretch of the Canton Hankow railroad according to the high command on Wednesday.
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Canton
Chungking
Pingshek
Canton-Hankow
High Command
Peace Feeler in Japan Broadcast Not Rejected
London AP reports a government controlled Tokyo radio said on Wednesday that Japan's policy is not to reject any hand which offers peace. The broadcaster framed the message as a peace feeler from Tokyo amid postwar diplomacy.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Japan
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